Improvement in wagon-seats



A. M. KENDALL.

WAGON-SEATS.

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AMOS M. KENDALL, OF DAVENPORT, IOWA.

IMPROVEMENT IN WAGON-SEATS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 183,855, dated October 31, 1876 application filed March 10, 1876.

Figs. 3 and 4 showperspective views of theupper and lower pieces so spliced, and the keys am. The ends of both pieces are to be cut in the manner shown, so the end of the one piece fits into the dovetailed cut end b of the other piece, and to leave space in the middle for the keys a a to be driven in from both sides. By laying the one piece on the other, and inserting and fastening the keys on a, this splice will make a tight and perfectly solid joint.

Figs. 5 and 6 show the vertical and horizontal views of my wagon-seat. The sides 0 c are each made and bended out of one piece, and the back d is another piece. Sides 0 c and back d are spliced together at c c with a splice, as before described, and glued. By means of this joint I am enabled to use shorter pieces of timbers in making the seat, to tighten them when they become loose at the joints, and to make a joint so strong and durable as not to split or break the Wood.

I am aware that a similar joint has been used in fastening pieces of timber together, and this I disclaim.

I claim as my invention- As a new article of manufacture, a wagonseat composed of three parts, the ends of which are tapered and grooved, and locked together by means of the keys a, substantially as shown and described.

AMOS M. KENDALL.

Witnesses:

F. G. CLAUSEN, EDWARD SOHABFFENBERG. 

